The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

rrs shirty-thlri BIENNIAL convention OF
the Evangelical Lutheran church in tho
United States, began its sessions II oma-
ha. Neb.. on the lat.
TnE internationl sunday school convcn-
tion opened ~ Chicago on the isl Whcu
Maine minister stated that Maine pos
sessed presidential tImbcr, every body
appeared I, think OF Blaine and checrcd.
Nix ]. w. BRrAxr, Of New Orleans,
representing the steamboat interests OF
the Ohio aud Mississippi rivers. made an
asgumcnt before the Interstate Com
merce Commission NJ Washington on
the lst.
The funeral Of Major h i'm. Pcrlcy Pcore
NJ Indian Hill farm, near Newburyport
Mass. on the lsL was largely attended
Notwithstanding the severe rain-storm
which prevailed The services were
simple and imposing
l. ID. PARENT. the young cashier OF tho
Hockelaga Bank at Montreal, has alb
seconded. and is q dcfaulter 70 the extent
81 siaoo0 He il said 70 be in Boston. He
left behind him At Point Glare wife and
three children.
W. {. KENNETH a Co.'s tannery at Gin
clnnati. was destroyed BY fire on the nly ut
Of the lst; loss, including stock. s5,u)-
| the site OF the Opera ComiQuc was con-
| cluded on the lst. No more bodies were
| found lie Temps says the Official nun Der
| Is seventy. or which fifty have been idcn-
| titled. Two wagon loads OF charred linn os
l have been taken 10 the morgue.
| BERLIN advices say the JOY felt there at
| the downfall Of General Boulanger Is
| more silent than expressed. There Is
| very little confidence. however. In the
| stability Of the new French Ministry.
| THEODORE SronLER, OF Paterson, n. j.,
| shot his wife, Alkaline. aged twenty-three,
| on the evening OF the LIST. and then shot
himself. He Is thought 10 have been q
little out Of his head for some tfme. he
was insanely jealous Of his wife, who is
quite pretty woman.
| The eject Of the recent heavy rains at
Key West, Fla, has become manifest in
an increase Of sickness at that place. Six
new cases Of yellow fever are now being
treated by the health authorities.
Proposals for the completion Of the ter
race and grand stairways Of the National
Capitol were opened at the architects Of
flee ID Washington on the lst The Yer
mont Marble Company was the successful
bidder. and as they had charge OF all
| work done heretofore, it assures uni
1
ways The bid was <l23, 100.
THE London Times claims that the Fenian
Brotherhood has issued from headq quar-
tiers in New York circular asking for
funds for ''pyrotechnic displays" on the
occasion Of the Queens jubilee. which the
Tins asserts Is q movement for dynamite
outrages
A TERRIBLE plague II locusts has visited
the central provinces Of Spain The in
sects are 50 thick that gangs Of men have
had to be sent 70 clear the railway lines
Crops are fearfully ravaged
TIE National convention OF colored men
| called 70 meet in Indianapolis on the Isl
for the purpose Of considering the 20
litical bondage in which the race has
been held since the war. was but slimly
attended, and adjourned without trans
acting any business OF importance.
The gradual substitution OF electric
light for gas. and the adoption OF better
mechanical methods and the more judi
cious purchase Of coal for the public
buildings throughout the country have re
suited in a saving Of about $4,000 under
the appropriation for fuel light aud water
for the current fiscal year
TIE Lieutenant-Gcneral Of the army has
fixed upon September 10 next as the ate
for the beginning Of the annual rife com
petition between distinguished mar ks
men OF the army. The match will take
place at Bellevue Rife range, near Omaha
Neb
COMMISSIONERS SPARKS has forward Cd
70 the Secretary Of the Interior q recon-
mendation that q certain tract Of land ID
Seneca County, O., one mile square, b
sold. This tract some fifty years age
was allotted TO the State Of Ohio foi
school purposes, but IS not occupied. II
now turns out that the tract belonged u
| the Spuaca Indians